Shooting reported on MIT campus

[Old Man Svensson]

So is a link confirmed between this and the bombing?

I would be astounded if this isn't related. They've apparently issued a warning all along Laurel Street for IEDs.

[Old Man Svensson]

Twitter feed says the police have found multiple backpacks on Laurel Street. It's them.

[Old Man Svensson]

What are the laws regarding hand grenades in the United States?

Apparently legal to own, but virtually impossible to buy legally.

[Old Man Svensson]

Suffice it to say it's been a week Massachusetts is never liable to forget. At least the police have one and know who else to look for.

[Old Man Svensson]

Quote of the Day

"I wonder how many Boston liberals spent the night cowering in their homes wishing they had an AR-15 with a hi-capacity magazine?"

-- Arkansas State Rep. Nate Bell (R), on Twitter.

Oh, wow, what a display of American empathy. Wonder how much good his AR-15 would have done him in the face of a shrapnel bomb?

[Old Man Svensson]

Barack Obama ‏@BarackObama 6 Nov
This happened because of you. Thank you.
 Retweeted by Jahar

Does it really matter what his political affiliation is?

Ladies and gentlemen, your radical right. Will stop at nothing to score political points.

It's the nature of both political sides. Attack a strawman or exploit a tragedy or make hideous generalizations in the name of political gain and ego-stroking.

[Old Man Svensson]

For some reason I'm most curious about the other name floating around that was completely wrong: Mike Mulugeta. I get the Sunil Tripathi flub, given the publicity of his disappearance, his uncanny resemblance to the blurry FBI photos, and the fact that a former classmate of his stated unequivocally that it was him on Twitter, but the other name (Ethiopian, apparently) was first mentioned on police scanners as far as I know.

I don't really see how Sunil looks like that guy but I guess he is brown! Automatic suspect!

There were a couple of pictures where the resemblance was uncanny, but apparently it was just those couple. It didn't help matters any that the police actually mentioned Sunil's name.

[Old Man Svensson]

So, how long until he's caught? Days, weeks, months, or years?

How does he survive? Where does he stay? Does he have cash? And people might actually start reporting him when they see him around. Of course they might also report any person who looks brown.

Unlikely, considering he's pretty flagrantly white.